Following installation of the drainage system, there have been no problems and no maintenance needs.

When the University of Wisconsin-Madison Badgers needed a new athletic facility, it got all
the best trim, right down to the stainless steel trench drain that serves the locker room showers.

The installer - Hooper Corporation’s Mechanical Division - needed product quickly because of the
tight construction schedule. Gerard Goglia, at Process & Mechanical Systems, Inc. worked with Shaun
Opsahl at wholesaler First Supply Madison and Hooper Corporation to assure the project ran smoothly
after the drain order was placed.

The locker rooms use 375 lineal feet of BLÜCHER BT6-FC-SH 6" wide trench drain. The drain is pre-sloped, with
shower-style grating. Installation went smoothly, and easily kept pace with the construction schedule. The stainless
steel drainage system is built to last, finding an ideal “fit” with the modern locker rooms.

Aviation Grade Stainless

Replace the corroded and ever-clogging PVC pipe that comprises the fish market’s waste drainage system – used to haul out all of the
excess deep fryer sludge.

CHALLENGE:

The existing cast iron pipe that serviced airport-terminal restaurants was corroding away and constantly needed to be replaced
every four to five years.

SOLUTION:

Installing BLÜCHER stainless steel pipe eliminated the issue.

RESULTS:

The airport drainage system no longer corrodes or clogs. The system no longer needs to be replaced periodically.

There are nearly 50 restaurants in the SeaTac airport. The sheer quantity of soda, syrup, juice, dairy products
and other corrosive cooking-related liquids that leave through the airport’s waste piping takes its toll on pipe.

The cast-iron pipe the airport had been using lasted four or five years before it needed to be replaced because
of corrosion. In 2004, Hollabaugh Brothers & Associates, a manufacturer’s rep firm, introduced airport maintenance
authorities to BLÜCHER’s stainless steel product. After being replaced one restaurant at a time over the course of
several years, BLÜCHER stainless pipe is solving the airport’s plumbing woes.

With very expensive and temperature-sensitive food storage space below the kitchen, there was no room for error. Kitchen drainage had to handle high volume and high temperatures.

SOLUTION:

8,000 lineal feet of BLÜCHER stainless steel drainage piping.

RESULTS:

BLÜCHER steel was strong, durable, and very hygienic.

In August of 2005, Hurricane Katrina hammered the coast of Louisiana. When it was over, all the buildings at Orleans Parish Prison were overrun by floodwaters and most were tagged as
"totally destroyed" in the hurricane’s wake.

The Orleans Parish sheriff chose to construct a new, state-of-the-art building to prepare and store meals. The building required a plumbing system with the ability to routinely move
liquids at temperatures of up to 260°F – steam pressure cookers would routinely dump waste into the system at very high temps. The weight and volume of the waste being drained into the
pipes was a key concern as well. There was no room for error; a leak would be catastrophic.

Cast iron drainage was specified originally for the project, though experts convinced project managers of the many benefits of using 8,000 lineal feet of BLÜCHER stainless steel
drainage piping because of its resilience, durability, thermal characteristics and acid resistance (sodas and citric acid are commonly used in kitchens). The treated stainless steel
has a smooth and non-porous surface, providing superb hygienic properties. Cast iron presented substantial risk of repeated clogging; BLÜCHER pipe eliminated the problem.

Another advantage to BLÜCHER stainless steel was its greater tolerance for transportation of fat, which quickly congeals and can – when it cools – become a tough obstacle for
fluids in the pipeline. As an extra measure of prevention, half the pipe is heat-traced with an electric cable heat element that’s attached to the entire length of the pipe.